Touch Wood Designs and Jewelry

Touch Wood Designs

Natalie Wood spends her time making one-of-a-kind jewelry by hand. Her passion for making crafts has grown from a young age. Always fascinated by beautiful objects her pieces are created with an essence of nature and elements of surprise.

Situated in Somerset West, Cape Town, Touch Wood Designs brings a smile to any lady’s face which of course, inspires Natalie to pursue her passion.

Natalie’s friends would touch wood and afterward touch Natalie for luck hence, the name Touch Wood and surely enough her surname is Wood too. 

Natalie is sure to be able to cater to every woman’s style and needs. Natalie says “My jewelry varies to all categories in jewelry accessories.” 

Her work is mostly beaded jewelry with a significant style to every piece she makes and lastly, Natalie loves bringing joy into people’s lives through her work.

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"Handmade jewelry created with love and thought, designed by Natalie Wood :), and other jewelry at bargain prices."

A Glowing Craft - Lighting by Heath Nash

Heath Nash has an extremely creative side to him and this is seen in his design work. He just makes really cool things!

With every lamp that he makes, his signature is always unique. Heath Nash was credited with a Arts major at UCT in Cape Town, and has since then, decided to branch out into interior crafts, wiring, binding, and has explored many other methods of creative crafts. 

Heath has the ability to make something magnificent out of your home with objects you call ‘rubbish’ made from old plastic bottles
He sparks a very beautiful culture which creates real South African passion and unity. 
This you can enjoy with a warm glow in the comfort of your own home.

Read his story here: http://www.heathnash.com/story.php

 

Africa is Now - Showcase by Design Indaba - EXPO 2014

With Cape Town receiving the title of the World Design Capital for 2014, the annual Design Indaba has shown exactly why we are on a whole other level in the world of design. Story by Leandri De Kock.

As usual, the Design Indaba expo, held at the CTICC in February, had all the things you would expect from the biggest design expo in the southern hemisphere – 
handmade items, home ware, architecture, furniture, jewellery and fashion, with everything manufactured locally. 

What makes DI different to other design expo’s is the quality of the exhibitors, their detail and the depth in their displays, and for the first time this year, the expo features designers from all over the continent, expanding the global impact our local designs currently make. DI features over 450 exhibitors all carefully chosen to represent South Africa, and specifically Cape Town for the World Design Capital title.. but it’s the general focus Design Indaba and their exhibitors have that makes this expo stand out...


Every item you see, from furniture to fashion, focuses on architecture, the use of textiles, sustainability, and making everything as environmentally friendly as possible.

At the moment, we live in a society where we are so used to everything being described as “green” or “eco-friendly”, and we can easily get tired of the redundancy, but what Design Indaba has done is make these old ideas refreshing and sustainable in an African context. The exhibitors use different ideas of modernity and bring it into a traditional African sense without making it the type of thing you see at every tourist curio shop.

"Design Indaba delivers every year, showing just how amazing and advanced South African designs can be."

The feature exhibit this year is the “Africa is Now” showcase, describing Africa as resourceful, sharp, transformed, tradition reinvented and urban, each with their own designs on how Africa is exactly that. 
The expo also has different platforms for young creatives, such as the “Emerging Creatives” project which is sponsored by the Department of Arts and Culture, who gives designers of the next generation the opportunity to get on the platform next to the established designers at Design Indaba.

The elaborate fashion shows, produced by the Cape Town Fashion Council, brings 20 shows to the expo, showcasing local fashion and couture by South Africa’s leading designers. Putting a “tribal glamour” twist on the fashion, it also focuses on the “green” idea and using sustainable and recyclable materials in their designs.

It can’t be said that the expo showcases everyday designs, or builds on ideas you’ve seen before. Design Indaba delivers every year, showing just how amazing and advanced South African designs can be. But it goes without saying, that with the title of World Design Capital for 2014 in Cape Town, Design Indaba obviously had to make it their best and most innovative year so far...and they most certainly did that!
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